Damned for Their Difference: The Cultural Construction of Deaf People as Disabled

Branson (director, National Institute for Deaf Studies and Sign Language Research, La Trobe U., Melbourne, Australia) and Miller (anthropology, Monash U., Melbourne, Australia) examine the cultural, social, and historical contexts of society's attitude towards and treatment of deaf people as it developed from the 17th century through the 20th, particularly in the UK. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR